(Mrs. Hatrack here, posting on Hatrack's account.)
Thanks for posting this very important article about the redistricting situation in Missouri. This has not received nearly enough coverage. Most reporting on the national redistricting issue includes Missouri on the list of states that have gained a red seat through redistricting, when in fact this issue is not yet over in Missouri. And it is complicated, as the article shows.
Missouri's secretary of state is dragging out the certification of the citizens referendum, even though publicly available data already shows the number of signatures gathered that have been verified as valid has far surpassed the required number of valid signatures per district. And this does not include nearly 100,000 not-yet-verified signatures that were gathered early in the signature-gathering process, which he has set aside, saying they were gathered too early, which is under litigation.
If he does his job and certifies the referendum, then the 2025 gerrymandered map is put on hold and Missouri reverts to the 2022 map until Missouri voters are able to vote on the referendum. The article does a good job of showing what a mess Missouri could have if there is a lack of clarity about which map is legal when voters vote in the primary and the general, due to his delays in certifying. And Missouri's un-elected acting GOP AG has said that delay is their friend.
People Not Politicians MO, the group behind the citizens referendum, does a good job covering this issue on their social media and website.
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